MARS Magazine – Hollywood vs. The Future

Facing AI issues, movie and TV writers may be first to strike, again.

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Money

Does Star Trek’s Vision of Economics Hold Up to Reality?

Money | Science Fiction

Can Star Trek’s moneyless society actually work?

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AI Hollywood

MAN AND ROBOTS BRIEF: Jan. 2, 2026

Signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity.

Hollywood

The 2026 Hollywood Doomsday Clock Begins Now

The details on happens to Hollywood and AI in 2026.

AI

In 2025, Deepfakes Crossed the Line Humans Can No Longer See

AI | Tech

The deepfake tipping point no one was ready for.

AI Hollywood

MAN AND ROBOTS BRIEF: Dec. 24, 2025

Signals on how AI and automation are reshaping work & creativity.

AI

It’s Happening, One of the Biggest British Singers Is Fighting AI for Her Own Voice

AI | Music

Will we still care when we can’t tell if it’s AI or not?

AI

The Problem With Catching AI Cheaters

AI | Tech

Will we still care when we can’t tell if it’s AI or not?

Tech

Why TikTok’s Viral Video Magic Might Disappear For 170 Million Users

Tech | Business

When TikTok isn’t really TikTok anymore.

AI

Meta Fired the Fact-Checkers. Now AI Frames the Headlines

AI | Tech

Now the algorithm is giving you a point of view.

Movies

The ‘Disclosure Day’ Trailer, the Uncanny Valley, and Spielberg’s AI Fear

Is Steven Spielberg dabbling with AI?

Hollywood

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Will Be the Last James Cameron Epic Without AI

Is James Cameron the AI hero Hollywood needs?

Hollywood

Netflix vs. Paramount: Why Your Streaming Bill Is About to Get Worse

Hollywood | Tech

Streaming TV faces a new mega monopoly.

Hollywood

The Hidden Connection That Guaranteed the Disney & OpenAI Deal Before It Was Revealed

AI | Hollywood

The master of Hollywood animation just revealed its AI hand.

AI

The Ugly AI Holiday Sweater Giveaway for People Who Survived 2025

AI | Tech

Give the gift of AI Slop you can wear.

AI

Why ‘AI Slop’ is the Word of the Year for 2025

AI | Tech

2025: The year of AI fatigue?

Business

Paramount’s Hostile Bid For Warner Bros. Could Destroy Netflix’s Hollywood Takeover

Hollywood | Business

The future of AI may be organic.

AI

Why Radio’s War Against AI May Be the Blueprint for Hollywood

AI | Tech

The humans are fighting back.

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AI

Scientists Are Growing Brain Tissue to Power AI. What Could Go Wrong?

AI | Tech

The future of AI may be organic.

Books

What Hundreds of Novelists Just Revealed About AI’s Challenge to the Future of Literature

Books | AI

How AI is rewriting the future of fiction.

AI

Dating Apps Under Siege by AI Fakes, And MIT’s Surprise On the Jobs AI Will Hit First

TV | AI

AI winter is quietly erasing “safe” jobs.

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Podcast

Lily James on Dating App Risks & How They’re Being Taken Over By AI Deepfakes

AI | Tech

The AI catfish problem no one is talking about.

AI

Why “Human-Made” vs. AI Has Become the Hottest Label in Branding

The new battle line in modern advertising.

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AI

AI Chatbots Are Quietly Encouraging Conspiracy Theories

AI | Education

Chatbots are failing the conspiracy test.

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TV

Amazon Just Fired the Human Voice Using AI. Your Job Is Next

TV | AI

Amazon is slowly revealing its AI strategy via its TV platform.

AI

What Do Insects and AI Reveal About the Real Nature of Consciousness?

What if bees and AI chatbots share something unexpected?

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Movies

‘Project Hail Mary’ Trailer Aims High. Can Gosling Keep Up in This Sci-Fi Epic?

Movies | Science Fiction

Gosling is back, but is he really ‘that’ guy to save civilization?

TV

‘Fallout’ Season 2 Trailer Takes Us Deeper Into Post-Apocalypse, Intros New Stars

TV | Science Fiction

The hit video game series adaptation is back.

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AI

Hollywood’s Secret AI War: Exposing the Directors & Writers Taking Sides

The AI battle gripping the film and TV business.

Movies

Stephen King’s Prophetic ‘Running Man’ Story Just Caught Up With Reality

Movies | Hollywood

Was the classic Stephen King remake worth it?

AI

Is China Really About to Overtake America in AI?

AI | China

How close is China to beating the U.S.?

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Music

How Universal Music’s AI Peace Deal With Udio Might Change Everything For Artists

Music | AI

Inside UMG’s new deal with Udio.

Tech

Why Tech Leaders Hate the Media, and Why AI Won’t Save Them

Tech | AI

The future of AI, news media, and Big Tech.

Books

‘The Matrix’ Muse: Baudrillard’s Warning from the Age Before ChatGPT

Books | AI

The philosopher who saw AI’s trap.

Movies

Emma Stone Gets Abducted, by Ideas More Dangerous Than Aliens in ‘Bugonia’

Movies | Science Fiction

What “Bugonia” reveals about why people believe in aliens.

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AI

Opinion: We’re Teaching AI to Think, and Students to Stop

AI | Education

The diploma without a mind behind it.

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AI

The First Great AI Movie Will Be a Horror Film

AI’s bug may be a feature for horror movies.

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Business

The Workers Surviving AI Layoffs All Have This One Thing in Common

AI’s new rule of work: Adapt or disappear.

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AI

Why Leading AI Researchers Want to Ban Their Own Life’s Work

AI | Tech

AI scientists just called for something no one saw coming.

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AI

They’re Cloning Dead People with AI, and Fans Are Paying to Talk to Them

Critics vs. the audience reveal a telling trend.

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Business

AI Shopping in ChatGPT Sounds Convenient, But it Might be a Trap

Your AI assistant just became a personal shopper.

AI

The Next AI Frontier Isn’t Robots, It’s Your Brain’s Digital Double

AI | Health

Could a Copy of Your Mind Keep You Healthier?

Robots

What Happens When a Family Robot Becomes Family?

Robots | AI

The Robot that refused to be recycled.

AI

People Hate ‘Tron: Ares’ the Way They Hated Disco, And They’ll Hate AI, Too

AI | Movies

Critics vs. the audience reveal a telling trend.

AI

Is the AI Boom Built on Genius, or Just Hype?

Is this a repeat of tech history?

AI

James Cameron on AI: Abuse it, and you replace actors, I won’t do that

The master of cinema tech isn’t a huge fan of AI.

AI

What Jason Blum Just Said About AI Should Terrify Every Actor in Hollywood

AI | Movies

Actors are on the clock vs. AI.

AI

How Scientists Are Using VR and AI to Measure Empathy Itself

AI | VR

Can a virtual hug teach real empathy?

AI

4 Movies That Warned Us What Working With AI Would Feel Like

The reality we can draw from science fiction.

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Movies

‘The Predator: Badlands’ Trailer Just Dropped, and It’s Not the Movie You’re Expecting

Movies | Science Fiction

Director Danny T reveals more new Predator franchise treats.

AI

Hollywood Actors Have 9 Months to Save Themselves From AI

AI | Movies

Actors are on the clock vs. AI.

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AI

The Startling Choice Most AI Models Made When Backed Into a Corner

What AI does when it thinks no one is watching.

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Podcast

Is AI the Final Invention? Microsoft’s AI Investor Reveals the Truth